Langley Sr Blaze

May 20 - Blaze win 2013 Doug Conn Memorial Tournament
The Sr Blaze won the 2013 Doug Conn Memorial Tournament over the Victoria Day weekend going 5-0 in the process. The Sr Blaze started the weekend off with a 6-5 win over the host Victoria Mavericks (Bobby Wagner 1HR, Jesse Peters 2HR & Corey Parsons the W). The Blaze then faced the Nanaimo Coalminers and won 8-0. (Kyle Joel 3H shutout) The Sr Blaze then faced the Puget Sound Tigers on Sunday morning winning 10-1 and guaranteeing 1st place in pool play. (Tyler Willson 1 HR with Bobby Wagner the W) The Semi-Final had the Sr Blaze once again playing the Puget Sound Tigers. The Blaze won this game 9-1, the third mercy rule win in a row. (Scott Webster and Brad Ferraro had 1 HR with Ryan Eiswerth earning the W)

With the semi-final win, the Sr Blaze got to face the Nanaimo Coalminers again with Sr Blaze starter Jesse Peters taking to the mound. The game was won by the Sr Blaze 7-0 with Jesse Peters going the distance and giving up no earned runs or hits! This is Jesse's first no-hitter with the Sr Blaze.

This was indeed a FUN way to get the season officially underway.

May 16.13 - More honors to Blaze Zach Mihic - Gold Glove Winner & All Conference Honors
The following is courtesy of the Langley Times:

The solid season of Zach Mihic has not gone unnoticed. Mihic, a sophomore catcher from Langley for the Mayville State Comets, earned first team all-conference honours and a Gold Glove award. The Comets play in the Association of Independent Institutions Frontier Conference. Mihic had a .355 batting average this past season for the Comets, including eight doubles, a home run and 15 RBIs. He also had a .473 slugging percentage. He played in 37 of his team's 47 games and will spend his summer back home playing for the Langley Senior Blaze.

May 14.13 - Congratulations to Tyler Barlow & Jeremy Filipek, JUCO World Series Bound
Congratulations to both Tyler Barlow and Jeremy Filipek as Midland CC beat Grayson CC 8-2 today. Both Tyler and Jeremy now head to the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction Colorado starting May 25. Both Tyler and Jeremy will be joining up with the Sr Blaze after the World Series is completed in early June. Good luck to both Tyler and Jeremy!

MAY 8.13 - Congratulations Karl Malecek. All-Region Award Winner!
The Blaze are happy to announce that starting pitcher Karl Malecek, while pitching for Blinn College in Texas was named to the All-Region XIV Conference South Zone. Karl was not just named to the All-Region team, but was also a unanimous all-conference selection! See the press release here: bit.ly/12gKuPI. The Blaze are looking forward to having Karl back in the fold this summer after he returns from Europe at the end if June. Karl should also be available to pitch for the Blaze as they go after their 1st National Championship later this August in Windsor Ontario.

MAY 8.13 - Blaze welcome several new faces for the 2013 season.
The Blaze are welcoming several new faces to the team for the 2013 season. The following Blaze players are new to the team: Jon Bauer (top PBL pitcher in 2012, El Paso), Jeremy Filipek (Midland), Matt Forsythe (Cloud County), Aaron Horanski (UBC), Tyler Krahn (Cornerstone), Shane Kraemer (South Dakota State), Nic Shehan (undecided) and Bobby Wagner (pro-Quebec Capitales).

MAY 4.12 - Next 2 Blaze games will be broadcast on GAMELIVE
The next 2 Blaze games; May 5 & May 11 vs the Coquitlam Angels will be broadcast on GAMELIVE presented by Pointstreak. GAMELIVE will also be utilized at the Doug Conn Memorial Tournament in Victoria over the May Long Weekend. To view GAMELIVE, please see http://bit.ly/12BVTIF

During the upcoming 2013 season, all Blaze games will be on GAMELIVE. See the Blaze Game Centre to the right of this page for all upcoming games.

MAR 17.13 - Blaze to play in Doug Conn Memorial Tournament May Long Weekend
The Sr Blaze are honored to accept an invite to the annual Doug Conn Memorial tournament over the May Long weekend this year. The Doug Conn Memorial tournament is one of the longest running tournaments in BC. A couple of Seattle and Victoria based teams along with a team from Howe Sound and Nanaimo will join with the Blaze to play in this tournament from May 18-20.

JAN 16.13 - CONGRATS RICKY ALVERNAZ, JON MIHIC, TYLER BARLOW, MIKE ELLIS, ZACH MIHIC AND JOSH SIGURDSON
The Sr Blaze are happy to announce that Ricky Alvernaz was selected to the All Canadian College 2nd team. Ricky attended Mayville State University in 2012. The Blaze are also happy to announce that Jon Mihic (Kansas Wesleyen), Tyler Barlow (Midland College) and Mike Ellis (Florida International University) were selected to the All Canadian College 3rd team.

Out of a possible 24 selections over the 2 teams, the Blaze were proud to have 4 members on the teams! All 4 players are expected back in Langley over the 2013 season.

Another congratulations goes out to both Zach Mihic (Mayville State University) and Josh Sigurdson (El Paso) as they received honorable mentions as they just missed out getting 3rd team honors. Well done guys.

JAN 14.13 - SR BLAZE ARE LOOKING FOR SPONSORS TO HELP US REACH OUR END GOAL AS BASEBALL CANADA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS IN AUGUST!
The Sr Blaze are actively looking for sponsors and supporters help us reach our 2013 goal as Baseball Canada National Champions in August. As most people know, the Sr Blaze captured the BC Provincial Championship back in August 2012 in Prince George, BC. This win has allowed the Sr Blaze to represent BC at the 2013 Baseball Canada National Championships in Windsor Ontario from August 21st to August 26th 2013. With this great honor comes great costs.

The Sr Blaze play an aggressive schedule versus top teams from BC and from Washington State.. We currently also play in two leagues, the PIL and the PMBL. This program provides a place for young BC collegiate baseball players to play in the summer while they are at home from school. These players choose to play with the Sr Blaze so they can come home, be with family, work a part time job to afford the costs of school and play an ultra-competitive schedule versus the top teams around in order to be ready to go back to school in the fall. The Sr Blaze also have several older members that have have recently graduated school and are now at home working to support young families while chasing the dream of winning another Provincial Championship and the 1st National Championship in the Sr Blaze's short 4 year history.

If you would like to support and sponsor the Sr Blaze, please email us at info@langleysrblaze.com We hope to hear from you soon.

Thank you,
The 2013 Langley Sr Blaze

DEC 23.12 - CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL SR BLAZE GIFT BASKET RAFFLE
The Sr Blaze are proud to announce the winners of the annual Sr Blaze Wine Basket Raffle. The Sr Blaze wish to sincerely thank everyone who purchased a raffle ticket and their support of the Sr Blaze Baseball Club.

Winners: Alex Whittaker, Mrs H Pederson, Ed Dagg, Nancy Terenzek, and Grant Nain

All winners will be contacted via telephone shortly.

Thanks again, Sr Blaze

NOV 10.12 - CONGRATULATIONS TO JESSE PETERS, BLAKE STEWART AND SCOTT WEBSTER!
The Blaze are proud to announce that Blake Stewart, Scott Webster and Jesse Peters were named to the 2012 ALL-PIL team. The Blaze finished 2nd in the PIL for 2012 behind eventual NBC World Series runner-ups, the Seattle Studs and finished the 2012 season as the 2012 BC Provincial Senior Baseball Champions and also assisted Prince George in becoming the 2012 Canadian National Champions. The Blaze now focus on heading back east to Windsor Ontario to compete for the 2013 National Championship.

Blake Stewart led the PIL in strikeouts with 31 in 31 innings and had a 3-2 record. Overall Blake had a 5-2 record with 49 strikeouts in 47.2 innings pitched. The Blaze are happy to have Blake back in 2013 for a full season up to and including the GFI in September as he graduates from Jamestown University in North Dakota in the spring. Blake is one of the original Blaze members from when the team was formed in 2010.

Scott Webster played in 13 of 20 PIL games and had .300 average while batting in 15 and tied for the PIL league lead in home runs with 4. Overall, Scott had a .373 average over 40 games. He had 35 RBI's and an amazing 9 home runs. Scott was also named the Provincial MVP at the 2012 BC Senior Provincial Championships.

Jesse Peters had a 2-0 record in the PIL while striking out 18 over 14.2 innings. Overall Jesse had a 9-3 record. He struck out a 94 batters over 90.2 innings and had a mind blowing ERA of only 1.31. Jesse also added 2 home runs to help the offense. In the 2012 National Tournament, Jesse defeated the 2011 National Champion Windsor Stars and also hit a home run in the National Final win. Jesse was also nominated by the PMBL as its nominee for 2012 BC Provincial player of the year.

Sep 21. 12 - New Sr Blaze member Jeremy Filipek selected to play in the 2012 JUCO All-Star game
The Blaze congratulate Jeremy Filipek as he was just selected to play in the 2012 Texas/New Mexico Junior College All-Star game from Sept. 28-29 at Austin’s Concordia University. Jeremy has tentatively agreed to join the Blaze in 2013 after being away from Langley for the past couple of years. Jeremy is currently playing at Midland College with current Sr Blaze player Tyler Barlow.

Sep 19.12 - Karl Malecek, Josh Sigurdson and Tyler Barlow selected to play in the 2012 JUCO All-Star game
The Blaze congratulate Karl Malecek, Josh Sigurdson and Tyler Barlow as they were recently selected to play in the 2012 Texas/New Mexico Junior College All-Star game from Sept. 28-29 at Austin’s Concordia University. Both Karl, Josh and Tyler were important members of the Blaze in 2012 and all will be welcomed back in Langley for the upcoming 2013 season. Congrats again guys.

Sep 2.12 - Blaze season comes to a close at the GFI, see you in 2013!
The Sr Blaze had a tough 4 games at the annual GFI Tournament in Grand Forks. Game 1 was vs the Parkland White Sox. It was a close game, however the Blaze bats, just coming off a long week in Prince George playing with the Prince George Axemen we tired. The White Sox took game 1, 5-4. Game 2 saw a 2012 Provincial Championship rematch with Kamloops. Kamloops bolstered by their full squad of TRU players, took the Blaze 3-1. Game 3 had the Blaze facing the #8 ranked NAIA team in the USA, The Lewis & Clark State Warriors. The Blaze after a day of rest came out firing on all cylinders. This was the Blaze team that everyone knew. The Blaze defeated the Warriors in a mercy shortened game 12-5. Game 4 saw the Blaze vs their PIL rival, The Seattle Studs in the first money round game. The Studs pitcher was excellent in going the 9 innings and defeating the Blaze 4-0.

All in all, 2012 was a very successful year. Including exhibition and tournaments, the Blaze's final record was 40 wins and 21 losses for a winning percentage of .656. The Blaze captured their first PMBL regular season title, finished 2nd in the competitive Pacific International Baseball League behind the 2012 NBC World Series runner-ups, the Seattle Studs, captured their first BC Senior Baseball Provincial Championship, and to top it off, assisted the Prince George Axemen win their first ever Baseball Canada Championship.

We will see you in 2013.